Window-sash.



W. S. FRAZIER.

WINDOW SASH.

APPLIGATION I' ILBD IEB. 1, 1913.

1,083,820. Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

TINTTEU STATEtl PATENT UFFTQFE.

WILLIAM S. FRAZIER, OF ALTAVISTA, VIRGINIA.

WINDOW-SASH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. FRAZIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altavista, in the county of Campbell and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window-Sashes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window sashes, and its principal object is to produce a sash of simple and improved construction in which the lights or window pan-es may be mounted securely without the use of putty.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and eilicient construction whereby the window panes may be conveniently removed and replaced in case of breakage.

A further object of the invention is to produce a construction whereby considerable saving in the cost of manufacture may be effected, and whereby the component parts may be quickly and easily assembled to produce a serviceable article at a moderate expense.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawi11g,l*igure1 is a side elevation of a window sash constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizonal sectional view taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 inFig. 1. Fig. 4- is an end View. Fig. 5 is a top plan view.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The side rails or stiles 10 of the improved sash are provided with mortises 11 to receive the tenons 12 on the ends of the bottom rail 13. The top rail 14: is provided with mortises 15 to receive tenons 16 at the upper ends of the stiles. The lower ends of the stiles may be permanently connected Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 1, 1813.

Patented Jan. 6, ram.

Serial No. 745,662.

with the bottom rail by means of pins or nails 17 driven through the tenons 12; the top rail. 14ris detachably connected with the stiles by means of dowels 18 driven through the tenons 16. The sash is provided with vertical. mullions 19 which are provided at their upper and lower ends with tenons 2O socketcd in mortises 21 in the top and bottom rails and whereby the mullions are held securely against displacement when the parts are assembled. The outer faces of the stiles and the top and bottom rails, as well as the outer faces of the mullions, are beveled, as indicated at 22, and the inner faces of said stiles, rails and mullions are ornamentally molded, as shown at 23, thus producing convex edges. The end edges of the bottom ails and the top edges of the stiles are provided with concaved recesses 21 affording seats for the convex edges of the stiles and the top rail, respectively. In like manner, the upper and lower ends of the mullions are provided with concave recesses 25 affording seats for the convex edges of the top and.

bottom rails. The convex faces of the stiles, the top and bottom rails and the mullions are provided at the intersection of the beveled and the molded portions with tapering or wedge-shaped recesses 26 affording seats for the window panes 27. It will be readily understood that when the parts are assembled, the edges of the window panes will be crowded into said tapering recesses and will be firmly seated thereon, irrespective of fastening means, such as putty and the like, it being understood that the wood which is usually employed in the construction of the improved sashes is sufliciently soft to yield to the pressure of the edges of the glass which may thus become perfectly embedded and firmly secured whenthe parts are assembled. Additional horizontal mullion strips 28 may be employed, said mullion strips being provided at the ends there of with concave recesses to afford seats for the convex edges of the approximate stiles and vertical mullion strips. The horizontal mullion strips 28 are externally beveled and internally molded to correspond with the construction of the remaining parts of the device to produce convex edges which, at the intersection of the beveled and the molded portions, are provided with ll-shaped grooves 30 to receive the edges of the glass.

It is obvious that in the construction of the sash any desired number of vertical and iorizontal mullion strips may be used according to the sizes of the window panes and the dimensions of the sashes.

The improved window sash is capable of being inexpensively produced without the use of special machinery other than that which is found in ordinary sash factories with the exception of such special hits as may be required to produce the beveled grooves in the stiles, rails and mullion strips. It has been found that sashes constructed in this manner may be produced at an expense considerably less than that of ordinary window sashes; that sashes of this character are thoroughly durable and useful; and that broken window panes may be replaced with little trouble and at less expense than is possible where special fastening means, such as putty, is used to secure the panes in position.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new, is

A window sash comprising a frame consisting of a bottom rail, stiles and a top rail, one rail being detachable to permit the insertion of a pane, the edges of said rails and stiles being provided with tapering or wedge-shaped grooves or recesses; in combination with a glass pane having its edges crowded in the said tapering recesses.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. FRAZIEB.

Witnesses C. Q. EDWARDS, M. E. Zmcnnn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

